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One reason to follow the correct stroke order from the outset is that fixing your writing later will be more difficult.
Another reason is that kanji recognition devices will not recognize characters written in the incorrect order, or without the correct stroke count. Such devices are becoming widely available and offer a handy lookup tool.
In addition to this, the way to produce beautiful looking writing, whether using a pen or a brush is by respecting the stroke order.
Also, the act of consistently following the same stroke order will help you subconsciously remember how to write a character, as occasionally you may think you have forgotten a glyph, but once you start writing it, a form of ‘muscle reflex memory’ kicks in.
Bear in mind that when you progress to study more advanced kanji in the studyboook you will acquire an instinctive feel for the correct sequence of strokes.
Stroke order diagrams are shown in the studybook for kana and section 1 kanji with this in mind. The general basic rule is that strokes are usually from left to right and top to bottom. This has no doubt arisen from the need to avoid smudging ink for the right-handed majority (the reason that our written text follows the same rule).
There’s more on the general stroke order rules which apply to kanji here.
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